Description:
Political Economy in the Modern State is Harold Innis's transitional and, in some respects, his most transformative book. Its main themes include the problem of power and peace, the ascent of specialization and mechanized forms of knowledge, and the crisis facing democracy and civilization.
Brief description:
Harold A. Innis was a professor of political economy at the University of Toronto and the author of seminal works on media and communication theory.
Review Quotes:
"Because of Innis's writing style, his work can sometimes lead people to think that he is less politically engaged than he actually is. By bringing Political Economy in the Modern State back into active circulation among scholars and students, Robert E. Babe and Edward A. Comor correct this misunderstanding and contribute to a more robust understanding of the corpus of one of the most important scholars in twentieth-century North America."
--Michael Stamm, Associate Professor, Department of History, Michigan State University"We have needed this book back in print for many years. Not only does the original material still have validity, but the work of Babe and Comor enhances this work and its contribution to scholarship on Innis. This will be a very valuable addition to the literature."
--Michael Cheney, Professor of Communication and Associate Professor of Economics, University of Illinois, Springfield